Voice of Saradhi

I have enjoyed medical practice over 30 in United States. I was comfortable with my associates caring for my patients, and so, I went for a second mission in life.

I am a passionate believer in helping the students in the poor neighborhoods to graduate from schools and to obtain a college degree. For what I know, that is a definitive path to emancipate these children from cycle of poverty and upward social mobility.

Awareness usa, a nonprofit, 501c charitable trust is formed to motivate, mentor, and support to make them realize the American dream. “Like a rising tide lifts all the boats” said J F Kennedy, education punctuates a wholesome economic, social and lifestyle progress. Besides, the advancing science and technology is capable of protecting the environment for human survival, and perhaps! pave the way for establishing interplanetary life before the Earth is eaten away by dying sun in four billion years.

The origins of the Awareness usa and the Chaitanya Saradhi are rooted in my childhood experiences. I grew up in a small remote village in Nalgonda district in Telangana, India. As a son of a poor farmer, I witnessed hard work and poverty first hand. I worked in the family farm more days than I went to school. My mother and I frequented to the home of a lender in the village to borrow livelihood in hard times and the seedlings to the next season. I could see the embarrassment and desperation in my mother’s eyes whenever she talked to the lender. He wouldn’t commit easily and used to ask us to visit him next day and the next …… It used to go on. I strongly despised the state of poverty and the power of a lender rather innocently. I believe poverty can be eliminated through education.

My mission is to educate and assist the students in India to excel in their studies. My vision is to build a safer, healthier and a more civilized Society. Growing up in a little village, I experience our education system first hand. We have made improvements over the years but in most Government schools in villages and towns still leave much to be desired. And with that in mind, the Chaitanya Saradhi, an Indian based non-profit trust was born to help the High School and College students in rural India.

We have began our program about an year ago:

* We have adopted two government rural schools.* Built compound wall to the Girls High School for security reasons.* Built toilets with running water to a coeducation High school.* Hired six computer instructors and stated computer classes to High School students.* Digital Libraries are stated in six of those schools.* We helped two primary schools financially to hire “AAYA” and to start digital library.

I am always excited speaking to the students. I give interactive mentoring talks regularly to many other schools other than the once I help. The idea is to create hope and audacity to dream big and to succeed in life.

I have also formed Awareness usa, U S based 501c non-profit trust in Tamps, Florida. Things move slowly in U S because of higher level of scrutiny. I am a board member on Hillsborough Educational Foundation seeking to help the students out of poverty through college education. I mentor a 10th grade student face –to- face once a week during school months. I am finding out many exciting opportunities to help students in the county.